More Brandenburgers with flu and RSV than in the previous year

Several thousand people have been infected with influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (RS viruses) in Brandenburg this year. The figures for the first seven weeks of the year are higher than the comparable figures for the previous year, as the Brandenburg state infection report showed on Friday. The "Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten" had previously reported.

For example, 5237 flu infections were reported this year, compared to 1366 in the same period last year. The district of Spree-Neiße recorded the most confirmed flu cases with 445 influenza infections. In the seventh calendar week, according to the data, infection reports (803 reports) fell compared to the previous week (1105 reports).

Figures show that 1281 people have been infected with the RS virus in Brandenburg this year. No cases were reported in the same period last year. In the seventh calendar week, the infection report counted 201 cases, compared to ten more cases in the previous week. Most infections this year occurred in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz (126 reports). An RSV infection usually affects the upper respiratory tract, but can also lead to pneumonia.